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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EARLE W. CUMMINGS, OF SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO SANTA BARBARA LUMBER COMPANY,

CORPORATION OF CALIFORNIA.

OF SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA, A

EXTENSION CABINET.

Application filed November 22, 1924. Serial No. 751,504.

within a drawer or drawers or compartments 6 and which cabinet may either be moved about ina room or fixed in the wall thereof.

In the accompanying-drawings I have shown one form of my invention comprising a cabinet having folding furniture adapt- 10 ed to form, what is known as a breakfast nook, and consisting of a table and two benches when extended intothe room, and which may be folded or collapsed into said cabinet when not in use. The cabinet also contains a folding ironing bdard and conventional cupboards and fixtures.

By referring to the accompanying drawings my invention will be made clear.

Fig. 1 illustrates a kitchen cabinet as fitted with my invention with the parts folded or collapsed in place.

Fig. 2 is a front view' of the cabinet of Fig. 1. with the breakfast nook furniture consisting of a table and two benches shown extending into the room. a

Figs. 3, 4, 5, are fragmentary drawings showing a drawer and table portions of the cabinet of Figs. 1 and 2 in various progressive positions of being extended into the 80 room.

Fig. 6 is a cross section through the drawer with some of the parts left out to better show the operation of the drawer and its hinged relation with the cabinet. The drawer is shown closed in full lines and in its extended and down position in dotted lines corresponding with the extended position of the table.

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary perspective view 40 of one of the side portions. of the cabinet of Fig. 1 showing the hin ed compartment into which one of the benc es is adapted to be has .been hinged outward and the ironing board structure has been brought into posit1on ready forthe ironing board to be extended into the room.

Flg. 9 is a fragmentary perspective view of the extended ironing board and with the bench compartment hinged back against the body of the cabinet.

F g. 10 is a vertical cross section throng the lroning board fully extended.

Fig. 11 is a vertical cross section of the ironing board fully collapsed into its compartment.

Throughout the figures similar numerals refer to ldentical parts.

A conventional form of kitchen cabine fitted with my invention is shown by the numeral 1 having various storage compartments, cupboards, etc.', and associated therewith lower side panels 2, 3, and a central drawer 4. Under the drawer 4 is a storage space filled by the conventional drawers 5, 6, and also pantry space closed by the double doors, one of which is shown at 7. The panel members 2 and 3 are adapted to be pulled outward and the several normally concealed parts attached to the inside of said panels when outfolded form benches as indicated at 8, 9, (Fig. 2).

The detail structure of a preferred form v of table and benches is fully shown and described in my 'co-pending application, Serial No. 735,542filed September 3, 1924.

The drawer member 4 which in this instance contains the table structure, is adapted 'to be pulled out as shown in Fig. 3 and after reaching its limit is let down into the position of Fig. 4 and the table structure then outfolded therefrom as shown in Fig. 5 until it arrives at the extreme outfolded position of Fig. 2.

My present invention is particularly directed tothe structure and operation of this drawer and furniture members colla sible therein or extensible therefrom, and o in combination with the concealed ironing board more fully set forth below.

Referring to Figs. 3, 4, 5 and 6, the front oi: the dra er 1s shown at 4 having sides 14:

15, to which is attached the rigid cross piece 16 hinged at 17 to the slide structure consisting of the parts 18, 19, 20, and adapted to travel in conventional slideivays on the line 21; and when in the extended position the member 20 engages under the overhanging edge of the stop piece 22 thus locking the slide structure 18, 19, 20, against upward movement, and with the hinge 17v extending beyond the closed position of the drawer front and enabling the drawer to be hinged downward into the dotted position shown at 23.

v The table structure to be mounted within the drawer may advantageously be constructed as set forth in my above mentioned co-pending application wherein there is a rear portion 24 and a front portion 25 hinged theretoby the hinges 26, 27, the part 24 swiveling about the pintle 28 and the supporting hinged structure consisting of the members 29, 30, abutting against the bottom 3101 front member 4 and forming a strut supporting the members 24, 25, and which strut provides the requisite support for the outfolded table, with clearance thereunder for the feet and legs of occupants of the benches 8 and 9, when the parts are extended.

The detailed structure of the benches 8 and 9 and the table 24, 25, as above indicated may be in accordance with the invention set forth in my co-pending application above identified, or they may be arranged in any othersuitable manner and collapsible within the cabinet and in the swinging-drawer 4 without departing from the spirit of my invention.

The panels 2 and 3 are operable independent of the hinges and latches 4040, 4141 and 42-42, and enable the bench structure to be extended into the room as shown'in Fig. 2 and said panels and door frame form the front of the compartment 50 which is hinged as an entity at 41, 42, to the main body 1 of the cabinet.

This swinging compartment 50 is normally latched at 40 and when the bench is collapsed therein with the panel closing the openlng in the door, the entire compartment 50 may be 'unlatched and swung outward about the hin es 41,42, from the position shown in Fig? to the position shown in Fig. 8 and at such time the space 51 therebehind is available for storage purposes and is preferably provided with shelves as 52. On one side of the said space 51 is an ironing board casing 53 hinged at 5454.which may be swung around from the position of Fig. 7 to the position of Fig. 8 and the ironing board consisting of the hinged parts 55, 56,

and the strut member 57, may then be ex tended into the room.

Attention is directed to the locking strip 61 on the ironing board structure which engages against the front strip 60 when the board is outfolded and holds the board rigid against side and front strains and locks the compartment 53 in its out hinged position.

The operation is as follows. The benches are outfolded by pulling out the panel members 2 and 3 and the benches 9 and 8 are then outfolded therefrom with the supporting end members 43, 44, and struts 45, 46, into the position shown in Fig. 2.

The drawer 4 is pulled out from the position shown in Figs. 1 and 3 and then pivoted downward about the hinge 17 from the full line to the dotted line position in Fig. 6 and as shown in Figs. 3, 4 and 5. The table members 25, 24, are then pulled outward hinging at 26, 27 and upon the pintle 28, and at the same time the strut parts 29, 30 are automatically brought into the position shown in Fig. 2, and as set forth in my said co-pending application.

There is thus provided a complete breakfast nook consisting of two benches and a cntral table from the cabinet 1 as a single structure and in combination with a collapsible ironing board and cupboard compartments.

It will now be seen that instead of employing a cabine't'containing the arts here shown as a unitary piece of mova 1e furniture the drawer 4 containing its furniture element as the table 24, 25, and it'sjassociated parts as the benches, ironing board, etc., and/or other furniture devices may be provided in a built-in structure, or as a portion. of the permanent wall structure of a room. and the benches 8, 9, may instead of being collapsed into the cupboard pockets 49, 50, may be collapsed into drawers built in accordance with the tabledrawer 4'and other variations in the structure or operation of the furniture parts or the arrangement may drawer and adapted to be extended from the downfolded drawer, and a bracing strut angularly disposed under said furniture device when unfolded hinged at one end to the device and at the other end to the inner front wall of said drawer.

2. In a cabinet a drawer member mounted on a sliding frame and adapted when extended to hinge down on said frame, a fold ing furniture device collapsible within said drawer and adapted to be extended from the downfolded drawer and comprising a table and support strut therefor, braced against an inner wall of said drawer, and a stop piece extending across the front of the cabinet drawer space adapted to lock with a horizontally extended outfolded position said sliding frame when the drawer is from downwardly swung drawer with sec- 10 hinged down thereon as aforesaid. tions in alignment, and a two part bracing 3. In a cabinet a drawer arranged to strut below the board when extended bracing 5 swing downwardly against the front of the the board against the drawer and the parts cabinet when pulled out, a service board in of said strut bein hin ed to fold Within the two sections pivotally mounted in the drawer drawer when the oar is folded therein. to swing from a folded positiontherein to EARLE W. CUMMINGS. 

